SEVEN
SEVEN stories, SEVEN countries, SEVEN women on a thought-provoking and emotional journey about human rights across the globe
By Carol Mack, Anna Deavere Smith, Paula Cizmar, Catherine Filloux, Gail Kriegel,Ruth Margraff, Susan Yankowitz
SEVEN is based on interviews by seven award-winning playwrights with seven women activists from Guatemala, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, Russia and Nigeria, who have overcome impossible odds in their work for human rights. Their stories are told with humor, seriousness and passion, relating to the terrible and the great events in their lives.
Since the premier in 2008, the piece has been translated in 27 languages and performed in over 32 countries by over 500 persons, both men and women, including ministers, members of the European Parliament, NATO generals, artists, and the Academy award winning actress Meryl Streep, sharing these inspiring tales of bravery and perseverance
“It is impossible not to be inspired by so many varying examples of courage.”
WASHINGTON POST
Director Deana Culp; Cast: Lori Tapahonso, Deana Culp, Jennifer Graves, Elinor Williams, Karima Tatum, Cody Hamilton, Emily Rankin, Ann Roylance (3/10-12), Talia Pura (3/16-19)
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